Where does “писати” come from?

писати (Old East Slavic) comes from Proto-Slavic pьsati, from Proto-Balto-Slavic peiś-, from Proto-Indo-European peyḱ- — to hew, cut out; to stitch, embroider, sting; to...

писати (Old East Slavic): to write; to paint

Definitions

  1. to write; to paint

Ancestry of “писати”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicpьsatito draw, depict; to write
2Proto-Balto-Slavicpeiś-—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanpeyḱ-to hew, cut out; to stitch, embroider, sting; to...

Words derived from “писати”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European peyḱ- →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic peiś- →Every word from Proto-Slavic pьsati →